Thesis topics

Microbiology final examination
List of topics for dental medical students
Dr. Prágai/12-Nov.-2012
2012/2013 Academic Year (5 th semester)
1. Shape and size of bacteria, structure of prokaryotic cells.
2. The cell wall of bacteria.
3. Gene transfer in bacteria.
4. The principles of sterilization.
5. Disinfection and the main groups of disinfectants.
6. Infection control procedures in dentistry
7. Sulphonamides and trimethoprim.
8. Beta-lactam antibiotics: penicillims, cephalosporins, carbapenem, monobactam
9. Aminoglycosides.
10. Chloramphenicol.
11. Tetracyclines.
12. Macrolides and lincosamides.
13. Glycopeptide and polypeptide antibiotics.
14. 5-nitrofurans, derivatives of nalidixic acid and quinolones and other
chemotherapeutics acting on nucleic acid synthesis.
15. Antituberculotics.
16. Resistance of bacteria to antimicrobial drugs. Mechanisms of bacterial resistance.
17. Pathogenicity and virulence of microorganisms. Measuement of virulence.
18. Exotoxins.
19. Endotoxins.
20. Nontoxic virulence factors.
21. Bacterial toxins.
22. The innate immune system.
23. Complement.
24. The lymphoid organs.
25. Antigen recognition: MHC complex, T- and B-cell receptors and diversity.
26. Differentiation of T- and B-cells.
27. Antigen processing and presentation (endogenous and exogenous).
28. Regulation of the immune response.
29. Microbial antigens.
30. Hypersensitivity reactions.
31. Active immunization. Vaccines.
32. Passive immunization. Serum-sickness. Vaccines.
33. Staphylococci.
34. Streptococcus pyogenes. Acute, toxic- and post-streptococcaldiseases
35. Streptococcus agalactiae, Enterococcus faecalis.
36. Oral streptococci, GPAC
37. Infective endocarditis prophylaxis.
38. Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pneumococcus).
39. Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis

40. Escherichia coli, Klebsiellae
41. Salmonellae producing enteric fever.
42. Enterocolitis producing Salmonellae.
43. The Shigellae.
44. Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
45. Veillonella, Capnocytophaga
46. Bordetella pertussis.
47. Haemophilus influenzae, Legionella pneumophila
48. Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus cereus.
49. Histolitic Clostridia. Clostridium difficile.
50. Neurotoxic Clostridia.
51. Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
52. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis.
53. Atypical mycobacteria and Mycobacterium leprae.
54. Actinomyces israelii
55. Fusobacterium, Bacteroides.
56. Relapsing fever: etiological agents and disease. Lyme disease.
57. Treponema pallidum and other treponemas. Leptospirae.
58. Mycoplasmas.
59. Biological characteristics of Rickettsiae. The spotted fever group. Orientia
tsutsugamushi.
60. Rickettsiae of the typhus group. Coxiella burnetii, Leptotrichia
61. Chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydophila psittaci, Chlamydophila pneumoniae.
62. Pathogenicity of viruses. Pathogenesis of viral diseases.
63. Antiviral chemotherapy. Viral interference and interferon.
64. Adenoviruses.
65. Human ( ) herpesvirus 1 and 2.
66. Human ( ) herpesvirus 3 (varicella-zoster virus).
67. Human ( ) herpesvirus 5 /Cytomegalovirus/.
68. Human ( ) herpesvirus 4 /Epstein-Barr virus/.
69. Human herpesvirus 6, 7 and 8.
70. Hepatitis virus B.
71. Polioviruses, echoviruses and other enterovirus types (68-71)
72. Coxsackie viruses. Rhinoviruses.
73. Hepatitis A and E viruses.
74. Congenital viral infections: Rubeolavirus, Cytomegalovirus.
75. Orthomyxovirus influenzae.
76. Parainfluenzae virus. Measles virus.
77. Respiratory syncytial virus. Mumps virus.
78. Rhabdoviruses.
79. Characteristics of nonconventional viruses (prions) and prion diseases in human and
in animal.
80. Conventional slow virus infections.
81. Hepatitis C (HCV) and Hepatitis Delta virus (HDV).
82. The aetiology and epidemiology of AIDS.
83. The pathomechanism and clinical manifestations and therapy of AIDS.
84. Opportunistic infections in AIDS patients.
85. Normal oral flora, the oral ecosystem and dental plaque.
86. Microbiology of dental caries.
87. Microbiology of periodontal diseases.

88. Oral mucosal infections: candidiasis, histoplasmosis, paracoccidioidomycosis,
penicillosis.
89. Preparation of bacterial smear, simple and Gram staining.
90. Acid-fast staining, Neisser staining method
91. Anaerobic cultivation. Antimicrobial susceptibility test.
92. Serological reactions: precipitation, agglutination, complement fixation test.
93. Antistreptolysin titer (ASO), CAMP test
94. Lues serological diagnosis
95. Skin tests: susceptibility and immunity tests.
96. Trichomonas vaginalis, Trichomonas tenax
97. Entamoeba gingivalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba coli
98. Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura
99. Enterobius vermicularis, Trichinella spiralis
100. Leishmania: L. donovani, L. brasiliensis, L. major, L. tropica, L. mexicana
101. Toxoplama gondii
102. Taenia solium, Taenia saginata
103. Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis